Deuteronomy 33:1-29 This is the Blessing From Moses Before He Passes Away

 

This is the Blessing From Moses Before He Passes Away

Deuteronomy 33:1-29     Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

This is the blessing [that] Moses, the man of God, blessed the children [people] of Israel before his death. He said, The Lord came from Sinai & rose up from Seir to them. He shined forth from Mount Paran & He came with 10,000 saints & from His right hand [was] a fiery law for them.

[Yes, the Lord God] loved the people & all His saints are in Your [hands.] They sat down at Your feet & everyone shall receive Your words. Moses commanded [the] law [to] us & even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob [a.k.a. Israel.]

And [the Lord] was king in Jeshurun, when the [leaders] of the people & tribes were gathered together. Let Reuben live & not die & [let his men be many.] This is the blessing of Judah & [Moses] said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah & bring him to his people.

Let his hands be sufficient for him & be a help to him from his enemies. Of Levi, [Moses] said, Let your Thummim & your Urim be with the Holy One, Whom you [tested] at Massah & [argued with] at the Waters of Meribah.

Who said to his father & to his mother, I haven’t seen Him. Neither did he acknowledge his [brothers,] nor did he know his own children. For they have [obeyed] Your word & kept Your covenant [contract.]

They shall teach Jacob Your judgments & Israel Your law. They shall put incense before You & burn whole [sacrifices] upon Your altar. Lord, bless his [possessions] & accept the work of his hands.

[Strike down those who] rise [up] against him & hate him, [so] they [don’t] rise again. Of Benjamin, [Moses] said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him. The Lord shall [shield] him all day long & he [stays] between the [Lord’s] shoulders.

Of Joseph, [Moses] said, Blessed of the Lord, for his land will have the precious things of heaven, [the] dew & the deep [waters below.] And the precious fruits [grown] in the sun & the precious [monthly harvest,] by the moon. And [with the best] things of the ancient mountains & the precious things of the hills [that last.]

And for the precious things of the earth & [its] fullness & for the good will of [God, Who] dwelt in the [burning] bush. Let [blessings] come upon the top of [Joseph’s] head, [he who] was separated from his [brothers.]

His glory is like the [firstborn bull] & his horns are like the horns of [a wild ox.] He shall push [all] the people together, the 10,000’s of Ephraim & the 1,000’s of Manasseh, to the [furthest] ends of the earth.

Of Zebulun, [Moses] said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your [journeys] & Issachar, in your tents. They shall call the people to the mountain. They shall offer sacrifices of righteousness there: for they shall [feast] on the abundance of the seas & the [hidden] treasures in the sand.

Of Gad, [Moses] said, Blessed is he [who] enlarges [Gad’s territory.] He [lives like] a lion [to tear off an] arm with a [scalp.] [Gad saved] the 1st part for himself, [since it was] the portion of a lawgiver & [that was his position.]

He came with the [leaders] of the people. He [administered] the [Lord’s] justice & [His regulations] for Israel. Of Dan, [Moses] said, Dan is a lion’s cub. He shall leap from Bashan.

Of Naphtali, [Moses] said, O Naphtali is satisfied & full with favor & blessings of the Lord. You [will] possess the west & the south. Of Asher, [Moses] said, Let Asher be blessed with children.

Let him be acceptable to his [brothers] & let him dip his foot in oil. Your shoes shall be iron & brass. Your strength shall be [like iron & brass] all your days. There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides upon heaven in [His excellence in] the sky [to] help you.

The eternal God is your refuge & [His] everlasting arms [are] underneath [you.] He shall [throw] out the enemy from before you & shall say, Destroy them. Then, Israel shall dwell in safety alone. The fountain of Jacob shall be on a land of [grain] & wine. Also, His [sky] shall drop down dew.

O Israel, You are happy. Who is like you, O people saved by the Lord [God, Who]  [is] your shield [for assistance] & Who is the sword of your [excellence!] Your enemies shall be found [to be] liars to you & you shall [trample] their high places.

[Deuteronomy 12:2 You shall [totally] destroy all the places, [were] the nations [that] you shall possess, served their gods, upon the high mountains, upon the hills & under every green tree.]

Deuteronomy 32:1-52 The Son Moses Wrote Before He Died

 

The Song Moses Wrote Before He Died

Deuteronomy 32:1-52     Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

O you heavens, [listen] & I will speak. O earth, hear the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop [like] the rain & [cleanse like] the dew. [Like] the [dew] upon the tender herb & [like] showers upon the grass.

Because I will [declare] the Name of the Lord & you [must acknowledge] the greatness [of] our God. He is the Rock & His works [are] perfect. For all His ways are [justice.] A God of truth & without [sin.] He is [fair] & [righteous.]

They have corrupted themselves. Their [sinful blemish] is not [that] of [the Lord God’s] children. They are a [uncooperative] & crooked generation. Do you [repay] the Lord [like this,] [for all He has done for you,] O foolish & unwise people?

Isn’t He your [heavenly] Father, [Who created] & established you? Remember the days of old & [reflect on] years of many generations [of the past.] Ask your father & he will [show] you & your elders & they will tell you.

[Psalm 44:1-2 We have heard with our ears, O God, our [forefathers] have told us, what work You did in their days, in the times of old. How You [drove] out the heathen with Your hand & planted them. How You [afflicted] the people & cast them out.]

When the Most High [God] divided their inheritance to the nations. When He separated the sons of Adam & He set [boundaries for] the people, according to the number of the children of Israel [a.k.a. Jacob.]

The Lord’s portion is His people. His inheritance is [allotted to] Jacob. [The Lord God] found him in the desert, in the [wasteland] & howling wilderness. [God] led him [around] & He instructed him.  [The Lord] kept him as the apple of His eye.

[Like] an eagle [stirs] up her nest & flutters over her young & spreads [out] her wings & takes them, [carrying] them on her wings. [Similarly,] the Lord alone did lead [them] & there was no strange god with [them.]

[The Lord God] made [them] ride on the [heights of the land, so they] might eat the increase of [the produce of] the fields. He [fed them with] honey out of a rock & oil out of the rock [of flint.]

Butter [from the cows] & milk [from] sheep, with [fattened] lambs & rams [from] Bashan & goats, [with the best] wheat & [drank the finest wine] of the grape. But Jeshurun [Israel grew] fat & [rebelled.]

You have [grown] fat & are [stout] & [plump.] Then [they abandoned] God, [Who] made [them] & [didn’t regard] the Rock of [their] Salvation. They provoked [the Lord God] to jealousy & anger with strange gods & abominations.

They sacrificed to [demons,] not to [the Lord] God. To gods, whom they [didn't] know, that were newly [made,] whom your [forefathers didn’t] fear [respect.] You aren’t mindful & have forgotten of the Rock [who Fathered] you & God, [Who] formed you.

When the Lord saw it, He [rejected] them, because of the provoking of His sons & His daughters. [Deuteronomy 29:17 And you have seen their abominations & their idols: wood, stone, silver & gold, [that] were among them.] [God] said, I will hide My face from them. I will see [what will become of them:] for they are a very [devious] generation, children [people who have] no faith.

They have [made] Me jealousy by [what] is not God. They have provoked Me to anger with their vanities & I will [make them jealous by those who] are not a people. I will [anger them by a] foolish nation.

For [My] anger is [like a growing] fire & shall burn to the lowest [parts of] hell. It shall [devour] the earth [as it grows] & will set the foundations of the mountains on fire. I will [increase their disasters] & [use up My] arrows upon them.

They shall be burnt [by pangs of] hunger & [scorched by] heat & bitter destruction. Also, I will send the teeth of [wild animals] upon them & poisonous [snakes in] the [dirt.]

The sword [outside] & terror [inside,] shall destroy both the young man & the [innocent maiden, the nursing child] & the [elderly] man with gray [hair.] I said I would scatter them [to the 4 ends of the earth] & make the [memory] of them cease from [mankind.]

If I [hadn’t dreaded the angry enemy’s boasts,] lest their adversaries [misunderstand] & say, Our [hands have done all this devastation,] not the [Lord God.] For they are a nation [without advice] & [without] understanding.

[If only] they were wise, that they understood this, [so] they [might] consider [what their final end would be!] How [could someone] chase 1,000 & 2 [men cause] 10,000 to [flee, unless] their Rock, the Lord had sold them & [given] them up.

Even our enemies, being judges, [agree that] their rock is not like our Rock. For their vine [of ancestry] is [from] the vine of Sodom & the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are [the] grapes & clusters [of bitterness.]

Their wine is the poison of [serpents] & the cruel venom of [cobras.] Isn't this [put] up & stored among my treasures? Vengeance & [restitution] belong to Me. In due time, [when] their foot [trips up]: for the day of their calamity is at hand & the things that shall come upon them [are soon.]

For the Lord [God] shall judge His people & [withdraw] for His [servants' sake,] when He sees their [strength] is gone & there are none [confined nor free that remain.] [The Lord] shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, [that ate] up the fat of their sacrifices & drank the wine of their drink offerings?

Let them rise up & help you & be your protection. See now that I, even I Am He & there is no god with Me. I kill & I make alive. I wound & I heal. Neither [are] there any [who] can deliver out of My hand. For I lift My hand up to heaven & say, I live forever.

If I [sharpen] My [shiny] sword & My hand [grasps it] in judgment, I will [deliver revenge] on My enemies & [pay back those who] hate Me. I will make [My] arrows [will drip] with blood & My sword shall devour flesh, [from] the blood of [revenge] upon the enemy, [for the blood of those they killed & those they took captive.]

*Rejoice, O you nantions, with His people: for He will avenge the blood of His servants & will [take vengeance] on His [enemies] & will be merciful to His land & to His people.

[Revelation 19:1-2 After these things I heard a great voice of [many] people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, glory, honor & power [belong] to the Lord our God.

For True & Righteous are His judgments. For He has judged the great [harlot, who corrupted] the earth with her [adultery] & has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.]

Moses & [Joshua, Nun’s] son, came & [spoke] all the words of this song to the people. Moses [finished telling] these words to all [of] Israel. [Moses] said to them, [Focus] your hearts [on] all the words that I testify among you this day, which you shall command your children to [obey] & do all the words of this law.

It [isn’t a worthless] thing for you, because [it’s for] your life. Through [doing] this thing, you shall prolong your [life] in the land, [where] you go over [the] Jordan [River] to possess it.

The Lord spoke to Moses that [same] day, saying, [Go] up this mountain [of] Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, [across from] Jericho & [see] the land of Canaan, [that] I give to the children [people] of Israel for a possession.

[You will] die [there on the mountain where] you go up & be gathered to your people [in death, like] Aaron, your brother died in Mount Hor & was gathered to his people, because you [both] sinned against Me] at the Waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

Because you [wouldn’t] sanctify Me in the midst of the children [people] of Israel. [Still] you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go [there] into the land [that] I give to the children [people] of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:1-30 The Lord Your God & Joshua will Cross Over the Jordan River Before You

 

The Lord Your God & Joshua will Cross Over the Jordan River Before You

Deuteronomy 31:1-30     Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

Moses went & [spoke] these words to all [of] Israel. He said to them, I am 120 years old this day. I can no [longer] go out & come in. Also, the Lord has said to me, You shall not go over [the] Jordan [River.]

The Lord your God will go over [ahead of] you. He will destroy the nations before you & you shall [take possession of their land.] And Joshua shall go over [in front of you, like] the Lord [your God] said.

The Lord shall do to them [like] He did to Sihon & Og, the [Amorites’] kings & to [those, whose lands] He destroyed. The Lord shall [deliver] them to you before your face, [so] you may do to them, according to [what]  I have [commanded] you.

Be strong & of good courage. [Don’t be fearful,] nor afraid of them. For it is the Lord your God, [Who goes] with you. He will not fail you, nor [abandon] you.

Moses called Joshua & said to him in the sight of all [of] Israel, Be strong & of good courage, for you must go with [these] people [into] the land [that] the Lord [has sworn] to their [forefathers] to give [to] them & you shall cause them to inherit [the land.]

And the Lord is [Who goes] before you. He will be with you & [the Lord] will not fail you, [nor abandon] you. [Don’t] fear [or be worried.] Moses wrote this law & delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, [who carried] the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord & to all the elders of Israel.

Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every 7 years, in the year [of] solemnity, [when Israelites are released from their debts, during,] the Feast of Tabernacles. When all [of] Israel [comes] to appear before the Lord your God in the place He shall choose, you shall read this law before all [of] Israel, [so they can hear.]

Gather the people together, men, women, children & [strangers] within your gates, [so] they may hear & learn & fear [respect] the Lord your God & do all the words of this law.

[So] their children [who haven’t] known anything, may hear & learn to fear [respect] the Lord your God, as long as you live in the land [where] you go over [the] Jordan [River] to possess it.

The Lord said to Moses, [Look, the day] you must die [approaches.] Call Joshua & present yourselves before the congregation in the tabernacle, [so] I may [put him in] charge.

Moses & Joshua went & presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. The Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud, [that] stood over the door of the tabernacle.

And the Lord said to Moses, [Look,] you shall sleep [in death] with your [forefathers] & this people will rise up & [be unfaithful like a harlot] & go after other gods of strangers of the land, [where] they go to be among them.

They will [abandon] Me & break My covenant [contract] I have made with them. Then, My anger shall [grow] against them, [on] that day & I will [abandon] them. I will hide My face from them & they shall be devoured.

And many [troubles & evil] will [come upon] them, [so] they will say [on] that day, [Haven’t] these evils come upon us, because our God isn’t among us? And I will surely hide My face [on] that day for the evil that they [did by turning to] other gods.

Therefore, write this song for you now & teach it [to] the children [people] of Israel. Put it in their mouths, [so] this song may be a witness for Me against the children [people] of Israel.

For when I have brought them into the land, [that] I [swore] to their [forefathers,]  that flows with milk & honey & they have eaten & filled themselves & [have grown] fat & then turn to other gods & serve them & provoke Me & break My covenant.

And it shall [happen,] when many troubles & [evil has come upon] them, that this song will testify against them [like] a witness. For [this song] shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their [descendants.]

Even before I have brought them into this land that I [swore to them,] I know their [intentions.] Therefore, Moses wrote this song the same day & taught it to the children [people] of Israel.

He [put] Joshua, [Nun’s] son, [in] charge & said, Be strong & [be] of good courage. For you shall bring the children [people] of Israel into the land [that] I have [sworn] to them. I [the Lord God] will be with you.

It [happened,] when Moses had [finished] writing the words of this law in the book, Moses commanded the Levites, [who carry] the Ark of  the Covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this Book of the Law & put it [inside] of the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord your God, [so] it may be there for a witness against you.

For I [Moses] know your rebellion & your stiff [stubborn] neck. While I am [still] alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against the Lord. How [many more times will you do this] after my death?

Gather to me all the elders of your tribes & your officers, [so] I may speak these words, [so they may hear them] & [I] call heaven & earth [as witnesses] against them. For I know that after my death, you will [totally] corrupt yourselves & [go astray] from the way I have commanded you.

And evil will [come upon] you in the latter days; because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work [made by] your hands. Moses [spoke] the words of this song, in the ears of all the congregation of Israel, until they were [finished.]

Deuteronomy 30:1-20 For the Lord’s Compassion, Return to Him with All Your Heart & Soul

For the Lord’s Compassion, Return to Him with All Your Heart & Soul

Deuteronomy 30:1-20     Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

It shall [happen,] when all these things come upon you, the blessing & the curse, [that] I have [put] before you & you shall [remember them when you are] among all the nations [where] the Lord your God has driven you.

[You] shall return to the Lord your God & shall obey His voice, according to all I command you & your children with all your heart & all your soul, this day. Then, the Lord will [return you from] your captivity & have compassion on you.

He will return & gather you from all the nations, [where] the Lord your God has scattered you, even to [the furthest lands under] heaven. The Lord your God will gather you from there & [bring you back again.]

The Lord your God will bring you into the land [that] your [forefathers] possessed & you shall possess it. [The Lord] will do good to you & multiply you more than your [forefathers.]

The Lord your God will circumcise your heart & the [hearts of your descendants,] to love the Lord your God with all your heart & all your soul, [so] you may live.

The Lord your God will put all these curses upon your enemies & [those who] hate you & persecuted you. You shall return & obey & do [what the Lord said] & all His commandments that I [give] you this day.

The Lord your God will make every work of your hand [plentiful] & [your offspring,] the [offspring of your livestock] & [the harvest of your land] for good. For the Lord [God] will again rejoice over you for good, [like] He rejoiced over your [forefathers.]

If you shall [pay attention to] the voice of the Lord your God & keep His commandments & His [mandates, that] are written in this Book of the Law & you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart & with all your soul.

For this commandment that I [give] you this day is not hidden from you, neither is it far [away.] It isn’t in heaven, that you say, Who shall go up to heaven for us & bring it to us, [so] we may hear & do it?

Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us & bring it to us, [so] we may hear & do it? But the Word is very [close] to you, in your heart & in your mouth, so that you may do it.

See, I have set before you this day, life & good, and death & evil. For I command you this day to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways & to keep His commandments, His [mandates] & His judgments, [so] you may live & multiply.

And the Lord your God shall bless you in the land [where] you go to possess it. But if your heart [turns] away, so you won’t hear & [are lead astray] to worship other gods & serve them;

I [announce] to you this day, that you shall surely perish & your [life will not be prolonged] upon the land, [where] you pass over [the] Jordan [River] to go possess it.

I call heaven & earth [as witnesses] this day against you, that I have [put] before you life & death, blessing & [curses.] Therefore, choose life, [so] both you & your [descendants] may live.

[So] you may love the Lord your God & [that] you may obey His voice & that you may [cling] to Him. For [the Lord God] is your life & [He will lengthen your life:] [so] you may dwell in the land [that] the Lord [swore] to your [forefathers,] to Abraham, to Isaac & to Jacob, to give them.

Deuteronomy 29:1-29 The Lord God Kept the Israelites Clothes & Sandals from Wearing Out for 40 Years

 

Lord God Kept the Israelites Clothes & Sandals from Wearing Out for 40 Years

Deuteronomy 29:1-29     Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

These are the words of the covenant [contract] [that] the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children [people] of Israel in the land of Moab. [This is in addition to] the covenant that He had made with them in Horeb [a.k.a. Mt. Sinai.]

Moses called all [of] Israel & said to them, You have seen all that the Lord [God] did in Egypt before your eyes to Pharaoh, all his servants & all his land. [You have seen] the great temptations, signs & great miracles.

[Still] the Lord hasn’t given you a heart to [understand,] eyes to see & ears to hear, [until] this day. I have led you 40 years in the wilderness & your clothes [haven’t grown] old upon you & your [shoes haven’t grown] old upon your [feet.]

You haven’t eaten bread, [nor] drunk wine or strong drink: [so] you might know that I am the Lord your God. When you came into this place, Sihon, [Heshbon’s] king, & Og, [Bashan’s] king, came out to battle against us & we [defeated] them.

We took their land & gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, Gadites & to 1/2 the tribe of Manasseh. Therefore, keep the words of this covenant [contract] & do them, [so] you may prosper in all you do.

All of you, stand this day before the Lord your God; your [leaders] of your tribes, your elders & officers, with all the men of Israel, your little ones & wives, the [strangers] in your camp, from the wood [cutter] to the [person who draws] your water.

[So] that you should enter into the covenant with the Lord your God & into His oath, [that] the Lord your God makes with you this day. [So] He may establish you today for a people [for] Himself, [so] He may be your God, [like] He has said to you & has sworn to Abraham, Isaac & Jacob.

Neither do I make this covenant & oath only with you; but with [those who] stand here with us this day, before the Lord God & also [with those who aren't ] here with us this day. (For you know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt & how we came through the nations [that] you passed by.

You have seen their abominations, their idols [of:] wood, stone, silver & gold [that] were among them:) [beware] lest [anyone] among you: man, woman, or family, or tribe, turns away this day from the Lord your God & [goes astray to] serve the gods of these nations.

Lest there should be a root among you that [brings forth bitter & deadly fruit.] [Deuteronomy 11:16 [You pay attention, so] that your heart [isn't] deceived & you [go astray] & serve other gods & worship them.

It shall [happen,] when [someone hears] the words of this curse & [blesses] himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, [even though I follow my own stubborn heart] & add drunkenness to thirst.

The [Lord’s] anger & His jealousy shall smoke against that man & the Lord will not spare him. All the curses that are written in this book shall [be] upon him & the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

The Lord shall separate the evil [from all Israel’s] tribes [for disaster,] according to all the covenant curses written in the Book of the Law. So [future generations] that come after you & strangers [who] come from [distant lands] shall see the plagues on the land & sicknesses [that] the Lord had [put] on it.

Therefore the whole land is brimstone & salt & burning, [that is unable to be] sown [with seed,] nor [grow] any grass [in it,] like the overthrow of Sodom & Gomorrah, Admah & Zeboim, [that] the Lord overthrew in His anger & His [fury.]

Even all the nations shall say, [Why has] the Lord done this to this land? [What does] the heat of His great anger [mean?]

Then men shall say, Because they have [abandoned] the covenant of the Lord God of their [forefathers, that] He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. For they went [astray] & served other gods & worshiped them.

Other gods they didn’t know, [that] He hadn’t given to them. The anger of the Lord [grew] against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book.

The Lord [uprooted] them out of their land in anger, [fury] & great indignation & cast them into another land, as it is this day. The secret things belong to the Lord our God: but those things revealed belong to us & to our children forever, [so] we may do all the words of this law.